Posts Tagged ‘free event’

Not one of the lucky 92,000 to have tickets to the biggest college football game of the season? Have no fear, you can still get most of the game day experience by viewing the game for free in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, right across the street from Tiger Stadium. While the game is playing on the enormous high definition screens inside the PMAC, the LSU cheerleaders will be there to lead the crowd in the traditional chants and the LSU concession stands will be open to provide genuine stadium fare.

The PMAC opens at 6 PM and fans can enter through the southwest upper entrance, closest to Mike’s Habitat.

If you’re going to be on campus, be sure to checkout ESPN GameDay, broadcasting live from the LSU Parade Grounds beginning at 9 AM.

Art Melt is a juried art show that occurs every year in downtown Baton Rouge. Showcasing Louisiana’s 18+ artists, Art Melt is an opportunity for these young budding artists to showcase their talents at a statewide level. Art Melt is this Friday, July 10 from 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM. The event is free and open to the public and usually has attendance of several thousand. This year, it’s in the Brunner Gallery located in the Shaw Center for the Arts. Selected works of Art Melt will continue to be on display through July 20 in the Brunner Gallery. Aside from visual arts, there are several musical groups lined up to perform, including: Baton Rouge Symphony, Opera Louisiane, Michael Foster Project, DJ OttO and others. There’s also dance and culinary productions scheduled.

I’ll be there, so if you’re headed out keep an eye out for me.

You can read more on the Art Melt web site →

The East Baton Rouge Recycling Office is sponsoring a one-day event exclusive to East Baton Rouge residents called “Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day.” Bring your household hazardous waste to the Memorial Stadium East Side parking lot on Saturday, May 23 from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm for waste disposal. Notice that any commercial waste will be turned away. You can check the full listing of accepted waste here.

The Red Stick Animation Festival, an international animation convention, is going on right now in downtown Baton Rouge. A highly acclaimed affair, it frequently brings in top talent to showcase. Just announced, Disney is previewing their latest feature “The Princess and the Frog” this Friday, April 24, at 5:30 p.m. in the Manship Theatre, which is downtown in the Shaw Center.

The movie is set in New Orleans and an animator from the studio will be there to introduce the exclusive preview. The movie is set to be released this Thanksgiving. Following the preview, Disney is showing “Bolt,” an animated feature that premiered last year. What’s interesting is that this marks Disney’s return to 2D animation. The animator who’ll be speaking also worked on “The Lion King,” which is one of my favorite childhood movies. I’m personally excited to see where this’ll lead Disney in the future. We’ve been lacking good 2D movies as of late (of course, Pixar has produced enough amazing 3D ones).

The festival is hosting a “princess ball” in anticipation of the showing, which starts at 7pm at the Old State Capital downtown.

The events are all apparently free and open to the public. However, a “Red Pass” is required to participate. Unfortunately, the site seems to be down at the moment. We’ve contacted the Festival to get more information.

[Update: I just contacted the officials and they say that you can register onsite even though the site is down. And it is, as of right now.]
[Yet another update: The site is now fixed. I recommend registering before attending.]

More information about the festival can be found at their web site.